Color spinner toy



June 6, 1967 s. E. GRANICK 3,323,49

COLOR SPINNER TOY Filed Dec. 1'7, 1964 E /I/ I I/I/I/I I 1/ I I/I/I SNVENTQR STEWART E. GRANICK ATTORNEYS United States Patent 3,323,491 COLOR SPINNER TOY Stewart E. Granick, 6347 N. Western Ave, Chicago, 111. 60645 Filed Dec. 17, 1964, Ser. No. 419,118 2 Claims. (Cl. 118-506) This invention relates to a toy or an amusement device and more particularly to a color spinner toy to be utilized for creating an eye pleasing rainbow effect with paints on a painting surface.

The state of the art with regard to toys of this nature presently includes devices such as disclosed in Hornbostel, U.S. Patent 2,557,348, issued June 19, 1951. Prior to my invention, color spinner toys utilized for disbursing paints on a painting surface by rotation included motor driven apparatuses which received the painting surfaces and caused the same to rotate when the motor thereof rotated. Devices of this type have the disadvantage that, in addition to being expensive, an electrical source is necessary for their operation.

In order to obviate these shortcomings of prior and present color spinner toys, I have provided a new and improved color spinner toy which is less expensive because a motor is not necessary for its operation. In addition thereto, an electrical source is no longer needed in view of the omission of the motor driving means.

The toy basically comprises a pan having an open end with a spindle projection extending from the bottom thereof at the vertical center of gravity and means for receiving a painting surface extending from the pan so that the toy can be spun around its vertical center of gravity to create a colored rainbow effect on a painting surface by centrifugal force disbursing paints disposed on said painting surface.

It is therefore a primary object of this invention to provide a new and improved color spinner toy enabling a child or unskilled operator to obtain a rainbow effect on a painting surface.

It is a further object of this invention to provide a color spinner toy which is less expensive and more practical because it eliminates the need for an electrical motor driving means.

It is a feature of this invention to provide a color spinner toy which is manually operable to disburse paints on a painting surface due to the centrifugal force created by manually causing spinning of the toy about a vertical center of gravity.

Other and further features and objects of this invention will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art from reading the following detailed description together with the drawing which, by way of a preferred example, illustrates one embodiment of my invention.

In the drawing:

FIG. 1 is a pictorial view of the color spinner toy of this invention;

FIG. 2 is a plane view of FIG. 1 with the top removed;

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of FIG. 1 taken along a plane passing through the vertical center of gravity;

FIG. 4 is a plane view of my color spinner toy with a painting surface received therein wherein the painting surface has paint disposed thereon;

FIG. 5 is a plane view of the color spinner toy, which is the same as FIG. 4, except that the toy has been caused to spin around its central vertical axis to disperse said paint on the painting surface; and

FIG. 6 is a painting surface that has been rotated in accordance with FIG. 5.

Referring to the drawing wherein like characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughout, my color spinner toy 10 comprises a circular pan 12 having an open top and a disc shaped cover 14 removably fastened thereto as illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 3. The circular pan has an upstanding cylindrical peripheral wall 16 defining a hollow cavity for receiving a painting surface 18 therein. The pan 12 has means for receiving the edges of the painting surface inside the pan which includes a cylindrical portion 20 extending from intermediate the ends of the upstanding cylindrical peripheral wall 16 as seen from FIG. 4. The painting surface, which is preferably shown in rectangular form has the corners thereof supported by the cylindrical portion 20.

To further support the painting surface, a supporting projecting portion 22 extends from the vertical center of gravity of the pan and has its free end disposed to support the center of the painting surface 18 as illustrated in FIG. 3. A projecting spindle portion 24 extends downward from the bottom surface 12a of the pan at the vertical center of gravity thereof in order to provide an axis about which the color spinner toy is rotated when spun.

From understanding the operation and construction of my device, it will be realized that I have provided a new and improved spinner toy which fulfills the objects of this invention in a remarkably unexpected fashion. As illustrated in FIG. 4, the painting surface 18 having different colors of paint disposed thereon is placed in my color spinner toy with its corners being received by the cylindrical portion 20. Thereafter, the top 14 of my device is placed into engagement with the pan and the spinner toy is gripped by its handles 26 and actuated to extend around the projecting spindle portion 24 to disperse the paint 18a over the card due to the centrifugal force created by spinning. It will be noted that a rainbow effect is created as illustrated in FIG. 6 without the aid of an electric motor and in a simple and expedient fashion. Also, with the arrangement that I have shown, the excess paint which is not absorbed by the painting surface will be dropped to the bottom of the pan at the spaces 20a between the painting surface 18 and the cylindrical portion 20.

It should be realized that, although I have provided a preferred form of my invention, this is merely for illustrative purposes. I intend this invention to apply to all shapes of pans which have a spindle portion on the bottom thereof and a means for receiving a painting surface. Although I have illustrated this color spinner toy with a cover and I have found it has been advantageous in preventing splattering of the paints, I intend this invention to apply equally as well to pans which are coverless. Also,

the specific cylindrical portion for supporting the painting surface in the color spinner toy is not necessary for this invention as other expedients can be used. Still further, it should be realized that, although handles have been provided for enabling the operator of my device to grip it for causing it to spin, that this is not a necessary feature to this invention as other expedients are contemplated.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

l. A color spinner toy for creating a rainbow effect with paints on a painting surface, comprising: a circular pan having an open top, an upstanding peripheral wall defining a hollow cavity for receiving the painting surface therein, means for supporting the painting surface inside of said pan including a portion extending from intermediate the ends of said peripheral wall, a supporting projecting portion extending from the vertical center of gravity and having its free end disposed to support the center of said painting surface, a cover removably fastened to the top of said pan and handle means extending outward from said upstanding peripheral wall for gripping the color spinner toy, and a bottom surface having a projecting spindle portion extending downward therefrom at said vertical center of gravity, whereby said J spinner toy can be manually spun around said vertical center of gravity to create a colored rainbow efiect.

2. A color spinner toy for creating a rainbow effect with paints on a rectangular painting surface, comprising: a circular pan having an open top, an upstanding cylindrical peripheral wall defining a hollow cavity for receiving the painting surface therein, means for receiving the corners of the painting surface inside of said pan including a cylindrical portion extending from intermediate the ends of said peripheral wall, said painting surface and said cylindrical portion having space therebetween when being supported in said pan, a supporting proiecting portion extending from the vertical center of gravity and having lts free end disposed to support the center of said painting surface, a cover removably fastened to the top of said pan, handle means extending outward from said upstanding cylindrical peripheral wall for gripping the color spinner toy, and a bottom surface having a projecting spindle portion extending downward therefrom at said vertical center of gravity, whereby said spinner toy can be manually spun around said vertical center of gravity to create a colored rainbow effect and the excess paint which is not absorbed by the painting surface falls through said spaces to said bottom of the pan.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 537,887 4/1895 Bradley 46-64 X 668,607 2/1901 Wheeler 4664 X 1,592,608 7/1926 Lorenz 11852 1,714,994 5/1929 Turner 11852 1,780,547 11/1930 Alland 46-64 X 2,557,348 6/1951 Hornbostel 118506 2,638,706 5/1953 Seale 46-64 2,950,990 8/1960 Johnson l1852 X 3,028,836 4/1962 Strauss 1l856 X FOREIGN PATENTS 18,966 10/1900 Great Britain.

OTHER REFERENCES Spiegel, 1962 Christmas Catalogue, pp. 356, 357.

MORRIS KAPLAN, Primary Examiner. 

1. A COLOR SPINNER TOY FOR CREATING A RAINBOW EFFECT WITH PAINTS ON A PAINTING SURFACE, COMPRISING: A CIRCULAR PAN HAVING AN OPEN TOP, AN UPSTANDING PERIPHERAL WALL DEFINING A HOLLOW CAVITY FOR RECEIVING THE PAINTING SURFACE THEREIN, MEANS FOR SUPPORTING THE PAINTING SURFACE INSIDE OF SAID PAN INCLUDING A PORTION EXTENDING FROM INTERMEDIATE THE ENDS OF SAID PERIPHERAL WALL, A SUPPORTING PROJECTING PORTION EXTENDING FROM THE VERTICAL CENTER OF GRAVITY AND HAVING ITS FREE END DISPOSED TO SUPPORT THE CENTER OF SAID PAINTING SURFACE, A COVER REMOVABLY FASTENED TO THE TOP OF SAID PAN AND HANDLE MEANS EXTENDING OUTWARD FROM SAID UPSTANDING PERIPHERAL WALL FOR GRIPPING THE COLOR SPINNER TOY, AND A BOTTOM SURFACE HAVING A PROJECTING SPINDLE PORTION EXTENDING DOWNWARD THEREFROM AT SAID VERTICAL CENTER OF GRAVITY, WHEREBY SAID SPINNER TOY CAN BE MANUALLY SPUN AROUND SAID VERTICAL CENTER OF GRAVITY TO CREATE A COLORED RAINBOW EFFECT. 